TWENTY ONE drivers fined in just three hours after parking at Peterborough bus depot in Lincoln Road
Twenty one fines were handed out in just three hours as police cracked down on parking at the Peterborough bus depot.
Drivers stopping at the depot in Lincoln Road have been causing traffic problems in the area – leading to a number of complaints.
Now Police said they were clamping down on the issue.
A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Police said: “We have recently received numerous complaints from local businesses about people using the bus depot to park while picking up deliveries in Lincon Road. This often causes an obstruction for long periods of time.
“These obstructions are causing unnecessary traffic as the buses are unable to get into the depot.
“In addition to this, we have also received reports of bus staff receiving verbal abuse and threats when they asked drivers to move their cars.
“Our neighbourhood officers recently spent three hours of their shift in the area and issued 21 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) to drivers who had left their vehicles causing an unnecessary obstruction
“While they cannot be everywhere all the time, they will be in the area when they can and will be taking a no tolerance approach towards this issue.”